The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.9/10· 140K votes
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic65%
TMDb6.814/10· 3K votesWith 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.9/10 on IMDb and 65/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
Cast of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Leslie Nielsen
as Lt. Frank Drebin
Priscilla Presley
as Jane Spencer
George Kennedy
as Ed Hocken
O. J. Simpson
as Nordberg
Robert Goulet
as Quentin Hapsburg
Richard Griffiths
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Jacqueline Brookes
as Commissioner Brumford
Anthony James
as Hector Savage
Lloyd Bochner
as Baggett
Tim O'Connor
as Fenzwick
Peter Mark Richman
as Dunwell
Ed Williams
as Ted Olsen
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear facts
- Budget
- $23M
- Box office
- $192M
- Collection
- Naked Gun Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Zucker delivers rapid-fire slapstick comedy with sharp parody timing
- •Absurdist humor and visual gags maintain comedic momentum throughout
- •Parody of police procedurals hits genre conventions with precision
What the audience disliked
- •Joke-per-minute approach overwhelms narrative coherence entirely
- •Slapstick humor feels dated compared to modern comedy standards
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